Egress Software Technologies

Egress Software Technologies | June 10, 2020

The latest Data Breach Incident Report from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) revealed that misdirected emails were the number one cause of data breach incidents during Q4 2019, accounting for 20% more reported incidents than phishing attacks. In response to these findings, Egress commissioned a straw poll with CitizenMe to learn more about these email errors with 300 email users in the UK and 300 in the US. Our poll found that almost two-thirds (64.5%) of responde...

Egress Software Technologies | May 28, 2020

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) latest report on data security incident trends shows a pronounced uptick in human-activated incidents. Categorised primarily by the ICO as ‘non-cyber incidents’, these are caused by people’s behaviour putting data at risk, with the top three for the Q4 report: Data emailed to an incorrect recipient Data posted/faxed to an incorrect recipient Loss/theft of paperwork or data left in an insecure place...

Egress Software Technologies | February 20, 2020

Egress, the leading provider of human layer data security solutions, today launched its innovative new global brand positioning, including a new website, all centred around its human layer security proposition, as the company continues to dominate in this sector. The motivation behind the new branding was partly a result of Egress broadening its product portfolio to reflect a wider market offering and to ensure that its message is tightly aligned to its leading presence in the gro...

HR Dive | January 13, 2020

Creativity was the most in-demand soft skill for applicants last year, and it has retained its place heading into 2020, according to a Jan. 9 LinkedIn Learning report. "Organizations need people who can creatively approach problems and tasks across all business roles, from software engineering to HR," the company said. Persuasion, collaboration, adaptability and emotional intelligence rounded out the top five. LinkedIn noted that emotional intelligence — defined as the ability to...